As many of you have probably heard the President of Malawi, Bingu Mutharika, passed away the Thursday before Easter. He had a heart attack and died at the government hospital in Lilongwe and then his body was sent to South Africa. I don’t know why. On the Saturday his Vice President, Joyce Banda, (who he had thrown out of office about a year ago) was sworn in. it was a peaceful turnover and we are all grateful for that. We wait (somewhat patiently) for the changes to start. She has already been in touch with the NGOs that had pulled out last year and we think that fuel might start coming back.
Here is the obit piece and the news on the new pres. She has started cleaning house already…change of heads of police and many others…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/world-africa-17624072
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17662916
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